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ո U+0578, ո ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VO ← շ [U+0577] Armenian չ → [U+0579]

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /o/, [o], /vo/, [vo], (word-initially)
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /o/, [o], /vo/, [vo], (word-initially)

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ո lowercase (uppercase Ո)

1. The 24th letter of Armenian alphabet, called ո (o). Transliterated as o. Represents а open-mid back rounded vowel: [ɔ] (but [vɔ] word-initially).
2. A letter used in Armenian dialectology. Represents the diphthong [u͡o]. Transliterated as uo.

The word-initial pronunciation of this letter as [vɔ] is a post-classical development. In modern Armenian, the older pronunciation is preserved only in the word ով (ov) and its derivatives, and also in the traditional orthography spelling of օվկիանոս (ōvkianos).

• (The Armenian script): Աա   Բբ   Գգ   Դդ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Ծծ   Կկ   Հհ   Ձձ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Ոո   Չչ   Պպ   Ջջ   Ռռ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Ցց   Ււ   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ
• (Letter combinations): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Dialectological): ՠ / ա̈   ա̊   ա̄   ը̂   է̀   էօ / օ̈   էօ̀ / օ̈̀   իւ / ո̈ւ   գ^յ   կ^յ   ք^յ   հ^յ   բՙ   դՙ   գՙ   ձՙ   ջՙ   ղՙ   ֈ   ʔ  
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.2
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) Hay barbaṙagitutʻiwn. Uruagic ew dasaworutʻiwn hay barbaṙneri (barbaṙagitakan kʻartēsov) [Armenian dialectology: A sketch and classification of Armenian dialects (with a dialect map)] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 8) (in Armenian), Moscow and Nor Nakhichevan: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 10
• Ovsepjan, L. S., Gevorkjan, G. G. (2013) “Армянские диалекты (общий обзор) [Armenian dialects (general overview)]”, in Yuri B.Koryakov and Andrej A. Kibrik, editors, Языки мира: Реликтовые индоевропейские языки Передней и Центральной Азии [Languages of the World: Relict Indo-European languages of Western and Central Asia]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Academia, page 324

• ով (ov) — before vowels

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, but Martirosyan prefers derivation from *yós.

ո՞ • (o^?)

1. (interrogative) who?

   ո՞, ո՞ ոք ― o^?, o^? okʻ ― who?

   ո՞ ի ձէնջ իշխեսցէ առնել զայդ ― o^? i jēnǰ išxescʻē aṙnel zayd ― who among you dare do that?

   ո՞ ոք ի մարդկանէ ― o^? okʻ i mardkanē ― who is he that ...?

   գիտեմ ո՛ է դա ― gitem ó ē da ― I know who he is

   ո՛ ոք եւ իցէ ― ó okʻ ew icʻē ― whoever he may be

   ո՞յր է մատեանս ― o^?yr ē mateans ― whose book is this?

   զո՞ խնդրէք ― zo^? xndrēkʻ ― whom do you seek?

   ո՞յր ես ― o^?yr es ― who are you for?

   ո՞ւմ ասացեր ― u^?m asacʻer ― to whom have you spoken?

   ո՞ գիտէ ― o^? gitē ― who knows?

   ո՞յք ոմանք իցեն ― o^?ykʻ omankʻ icʻen ― who are they who ...?

   ո՞ւմ ի կապելոց ― u^?m i kapelocʻ ― to which of the prisoners?

   յո՞ւմ անձին ― yu^?m anjin ― on which person?

   ո՞յք եմք ― o^?ykʻ emkʻ ― who are we?

   ո եւ պէտ ― o ew pēt ― whoever it may be

   յոյր սակս/սակի ― yoyr saks/saki ― why? on what account? for what reason?

   ում եւ պետ ― um ew pet ― whatever, whatsoever

• Armenian: ով (ov)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ո”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ո”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 523
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ո”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

ո • (vo or o)

1. A letter of the Armeno-Turkish script, named վօ (vo). Represents mid back rounded vowel: [v]. Transliterated according to its Armenian pronunciation.

This letter is only used in Armenian loans and in the formation of the digraph ու (u).

• (The Armeno-Turkish script): Աա   Գգ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Կկ   Հհ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Չչ   Պպ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ   ’
• (Primarily in Armenian words): Բբ   Դդ   Ծծ   Ձձ   Ջջ   Ոո   Ռռ   Ցց   Ււ
• (Letter combinations): էօ   իւ   ու   նկ   նղ  
• (Punctuation): ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ․   ։   ֊